{"podcast":{"title":"The Automated Daily - Space News Edition","slug":"the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666","podcast_index_feed_id":7305666,"rss_url":"https://theautomateddaily.com/space/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theautomateddaily.com","image_url":"https://cdn.theautomateddaily.com/static/edition-logos/space.jpg","author":"TrendTeller","episode_count":100,"summary":"Welcome to 'The Automated Daily - Space News Edition', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:26.180585+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666"},"episode":{"title":"Shenzhou 23 crew to Tiangong & Hong Kong’s first astronaut milestone - Space News (May 24, 2026)","slug":"shenzhou-23-crew-to-tiangong-hong-kong-s-first-astronaut-milestone-space-news-may-24-2026","published_at":"2026-05-24T13:55:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/shenzhou-23-crew-to-tiangong-hong-kong-s-first-astronaut-milestone-space-news-may-24-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666","url":"https://theautomateddaily.com/episodes/2026-05-24-shenzhou-23-crew-to-tiangong-hong-kong-s-first-astronaut-milestone","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.theautomateddaily.com/audio/space/2026-05-24/en/episode.mp3","summary":"Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Consensus: AI for Research. Get a free month - https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily - Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more with Gamma - https://try.gamma.app/tad - SurveyMonkey, Using AI to surface insights faster and reduce manual analysis time - https://get.surveymonkey.com/tad Support The Automated Daily directly: Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/theautomateddaily Today's topics: Shenzhou 23 crew to Tiangong - China has named the three-person Shenzhou 23 crew and is preparing a near-term launch to the Tiangong space station. The mission underscores Tiangong’s routine operations and China’s growing cadence in human spaceflight. Hong Kong’s first astronaut milestone - Shenzhou 23 includes Lai Ka-ying, set to become the first astronaut from Hong Kong, highlighting expanding regional representation within China’s astronaut corps. Reports also point to preparations that could enable China’s first year-long stay in orbit. Coreless sub-Neptune exoplanet interiors - A new theoretical study argues that many sub-Neptunes—the most common planets found by exoplanet surveys—may lack Earth-like layered interiors. Instead, hydrogen, silicates, and iron could mix into a single fluid under extreme pressures and temperatures, reshaping expectations for planet structure and magnetic fields. Phobos solar transit seen on Mars - NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day features video from the Perseverance rover showing Mars’s moon Phobos crossing the Sun. The striking transit is both a public outreach moment and a scientific datapoint for refining Phobos’s orbit and Mars system dynamics. Blue micromoon and planet conjunction - Skywatching highlights include a late-May “blue moon” that is also a mic…","meta_description":"Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Consensus: AI for Research. Get a free month - https://get.consensus.app/automated_daily - Eff…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":237,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/episodes/shenzhou-23-crew-to-tiangong-hong-kong-s-first-astronaut-milestone-space-news-may-24-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-automated-daily-space-news-edition-7305666/shenzhou-23-crew-to-tiangong-hong-kong-s-first-astronaut-milestone-space-news-may-24-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}